Named Entity Results, Wilkes

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territory belongs will have a right to resist it even to the point of war.
It is probable that Seward will not rest his cause upon any such foundation as this dictum His journals already indicate the policy he means to adopt.
They say that Wilkes proceeded on his own authority.
Seward may disavow the act, and apologise to the British Government.
Perhaps he will affect to punish Wilkes.
But whether the British Government will or will not be satisfied with this apology, without the restoWilkes.
But whether the British Government will or will not be satisfied with this apology, without the restoration of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, remains to be seen.
Certainly, if that Government considers the act an outrage, complete atonement cannot be made without their restoration; and if the British Ministry be satisfied with such an amende as leaves them where they are, it may be taken as conclusive evidence of their utter indifference to the Southern Confederacy.
We have always contended that our people would rely on their own strong resolution and energy to secure their independence — that t